Where does Zap Surgical Systems, Inc. rank among US patent assignees?

According to USPTO PatentsView (2015–2025 granted utility patents), Zap Surgical Systems, Inc. ranks #20,654 of 49,997 assignees by granted-patent volume, the same sort as the companies listing and top-holders ranking. See /methodology/#corpus-placement.

How many patents does Zap Surgical Systems, Inc. hold?

Zap Surgical Systems, Inc. holds 14 US utility patents granted between 2019 and 2025, spanning 7 technology areas.

What is Zap Surgical Systems, Inc.'s Innovation Score?

Zap Surgical Systems, Inc. has an Innovation Score of 36.4 out of 100 (top 46% of the corpus). This composite metric weighs portfolio volume (40%), grant velocity (20%), technology breadth (25%), and claim depth (15%).

What technology areas does Zap Surgical Systems, Inc. focus on?

Zap Surgical Systems, Inc.'s top technology area is A61N (ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy) with 11 patents, ranking #336 of 1,943 assignees active in that subclass. Grants appear in 7 CPC subclasses total.

Is Zap Surgical Systems, Inc.'s patent grant rate increasing or decreasing?

Zap Surgical Systems, Inc.'s recent grant velocity is +350% compared to the prior five-year period (grant years, not application filing dates). This indicates accelerating grant output.

What does claim depth mean for Zap Surgical Systems, Inc.'s patents?

Zap Surgical Systems, Inc.'s patents average 20.3 claims each. This is an aggregate descriptive count from the grant record; it does not establish claim scope, legal strength, enforceability, or design-around risk.

How is the Zap Surgical Systems, Inc. patent data sourced?

All patent data comes from USPTO PatentsView, a public research dataset maintained by the United States Patent and Trademark Office covering US granted utility patents from 2015 to 2025.

USPTO 2015–2025 USPTO PatentsView US Corporation

Zap Surgical Systems, Inc.

USPTO PatentsView assignee record - 14 granted patents across 7 technology areas, recorded in grant years 2019–2025. Grant-trend analysis is cross-referenced to USPTO Patent Public Search; it does not measure application filings, current R&D, or legal strength. Primary class: A61N (ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy).

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The verdict

According to USPTO PatentsView, Zap ranks #20,654 of 49,997 tracked US assignees by granted-patent volume, with 14 patents across 7 technology areas.

#20,654
of 49,997 US assignees by volume: Top 46%
by Innovation Score (36.4/100): 20.3
avg claims per patent: +350%
grant velocity, last 5 yrs

USPTO PatentsView assignee plate

Corpus R20654 · US Corporation #20,654 · 14 grants

GRANTS-MICRO · MID-PACK · PHOTO-FINISH · CPC-NARROW · INNOV-THIN · CLAIMS-DENSE · TYPE-USCORP · VEL-SURGE · BOOK-FULL

GRANTS-MICRO 14 grants
MID-PACK #20,654/49,997
PHOTO-FINISH Zahoransky
CPC-NARROW A61N · 7 areas
INNOV-THIN 36.4/100
CLAIMS-DENSE 20.3 claims/avg
TYPE-USCORP US Corporation
VEL-SURGE +350% vel
BOOK-FULL 10/10 fields

Nearest grant-volume peer: Zahoransky AG (±0 grants)

Instrument codes from this assignee’s USPTO PatentsView grant sheet: volume band, corpus rank, photo-finish peer, lead CPC, Innovation Score, claim depth, assignee type, velocity, and book completeness. Not a USPTO rating of patent strength.

How Zap’s 36.4 Innovation Score adds up

The same four weighted components behind every Innovation Score on PlainPatent: portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth.

Volume 9.4 pts (26%) Velocity 5.6 pts (15%) Breadth 9.4 pts (26%) Claim depth 12.2 pts (33%)

Qualcomm Incorporated · highest

85
Zap Surgical Systems · this assignee

36
3D Lighting… · lowest

7

What this shows Zap's Innovation Score is 36.4/100 (top 46% of the PatentsView-derived corpus). The chart places that score against the nearest Innovation Score peers plus corpus poles, not a reprint of the volume ranking.

Does more volume mean deeper claims for Zap?

Each dot is one of Zap’s 8 nearest volume peers (same corpus rank neighbourhood as the chart above), placed by total granted patents (horizontal) against average claims per patent (vertical). Zap’s own 20.3 claims/patent is ABOVE the 15.9 median for these volume peers. More thorough claims than most filers at this scale, not just more of them.

Zap vs its 8 nearest volume peers: granted patents vs average claims per patent. Source: USPTO PatentsView.

Where Zap's grants concentrate

Zap Surgical Systems, Inc. is a focused PatentsView assignee: 7 CPC subclasses with 78.6% of grants classified under A61N (ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy). Peak complete grant year is 2023 (5 grants) versus a trough of 2 in 2019. By volume, Zap sits between Ziosoft, Inc. and Zhongshan Winstar Electrical Co., Ltd..

Zap's three-year grant acceleration

Zap Surgical Systems, Inc. shows 5 grants in 2022–2024 against only 6 in 2019–2021. That prior window is too thin for a growth multiple (rename and spin-out assignees look artificially high when the baseline is near zero), so PlainPatent withholds a ranked acceleration claim here.

Ziosoft

14
Zizala Lichtsyste…

14
Zwipe AS

14
Zahoransky

14
Zebra Medical Vis…

14
Zeto

14
Zhejiang Jinbang…

14
Zhongshan Winstar…

14
Zap Surgical Syst… ◀

14

What this shows Zap holds 14 patents at rank #20,653, shown against the 8 assignees closest to it in grant volume rather than the industry's largest filers.

Companies ranked near Zap

By rank, the assignees closest to #20,653 in granted patent volume.

Leaders in A61N (Electrotherapy)

Other assignees with the most granted patents in Zap's primary technology class.

Zap's Innovation Score vs. every tracked assignee

Composite of portfolio volume, grant velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth (0–100)

36 Top 46% higher than 54% of 49,997 US assignees

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Source USPTO PatentsView, PlainPatent Innovation Score · 2015–2025

USPTO utility patent grants by year · 2019–2025

Grants by year

Teal-shaded recent years (2020–present) versus the 2019–2019 baseline. Full figures in the table below.

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Zap Surgical Systems, Inc. patent grants by year, 2015–2025
Year	Patents Granted	Share of Period
2019	2	14.3%
2020	2	14.3%
2021	2	14.3%
2023	5	35.7%
2025partial year	3	21.4%

Which technologies does Zap Surgical Systems, Inc. patent most?

A61N - ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy 11

A61B - DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; Identification 5

A61M - Devices FOR Introducing Media Into, OR Onto, THE Body ; Devices FOR Transducing Body Media OR FOR Taking Media From THE Body ; Devices FOR Producing OR Ending Sleep OR Stupor 2

A61K - Preparations FOR Medical, Dental OR Toiletry Purposes 2

G21K - Techniques FOR Handling Particles OR Ionising Radiation NOT Otherwise Provided FOR; Irradiation DEVICES; Gamma RAY OR X-ray Microscopes 2

G01B - Measuring Length, Thickness OR Similar Linear DIMENSIONS; Measuring ANGLES; Measuring AREAS; Measuring Irregularities OF Surfaces OR Contours 2

A61F - Filters Implantable Into Blood VESSELS; PROSTHESES; Devices Providing Patency TO, OR Preventing Collapsing OF, Tubular Structures OF THE Body, e.g. STENTS; Orthopaedic, Nursing OR Contraceptive DEVICES; FOMENTATION; Treatment OR Protection OF Eyes OR EARS; Bandages, Dressings OR Absorbent PADS; Firs 1

Top 7 of 7 technology areas

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Data Source

USPTO PatentsView, US granted patents 2015–2025

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What to do with this data

Zap Surgical Systems, Inc.'s patent record in context - here's where to go next.

Zap Surgical Systems, Inc.'s lead technology class is A61N (ELECTROTHERAPY; MAGNETOTHERAPY; Radiation THERAPY; Ultrasound Therapy), 78.6% of its portfolio - see every assignee active in that class. Explore A61N
Ranked #20,654 of 49,997 tracked assignees by patent volume - see the full leaderboard. See the ranking
Compare Zap Surgical Systems, Inc. against Ziosoft, Inc., an assignee filing at a similar volume. Compare portfolios
Innovation Score of 36.4/100 blends volume, velocity, technology breadth, and claim depth. How it's calculated

Figures reflect USPTO PatentsView grant data through May 2026; pending applications not yet granted are not counted.

Data sourced from USPTO PatentsView - official U.S. government patent data. See our methodology for computation details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainPatent

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Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Data sources used on this page

USPTO PatentsView - the disambiguated bulk patent-grant, assignee, and CPC data this page's figures are derived from. patentsview.org
Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC) - the joint USPTO/EPO classification scheme used to group patents by technology area. cooperativepatentclassification.org
USPTO Patent Public Search - the official interface to verify the status of any individual patent. ppubs.uspto.gov

Compiled by PlainPatent, US Patent Intelligence Editorial Process · May 15, 2026

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